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User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.2.x
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Chapter 8 Events and Notifications
Procedures
Enable or Disable Email
You can enable or disable the email service (SMTP) on your DMM appliance. When this service is
enabled, DMS-Admin can send email notifications automatically to you or other interested parties
whenever system events of predefined types occur.
Before You Begin
• To see and use the Settings tab, you must be logged in as an administrator.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Settings > External Servers > SMTP.
Step 2 Enter the required values to start or stop email service on your DMM appliance.
You must enter these values or you cannot send notification messages:
Step 3 Click Save.
Step 4 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
Configure SNMP Server Settings for Your DMM Appliance
Cisco DMS can convey its notifications to an external SNMP server.
Procedure
Step 1 Choose Settings > SNMP.
Step 2 Click the Server Status radio button to enable or disable SNMP monitoring.
Step 3 Enter in the Host field the routable IP address or DNS-resolvable hostname of your NMS.
Step 4 Enter in the Port field the numeric UDP port assignment reserved for SNMP traffic.
Step 5 Apply the community string.
Step 6 Enter in the Community String field the password to identify that community.
Tip The default Community String value is public.
Step 7
Click Save.
Step 8 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
Value Description
Server Status Click the radio button to enable or disable the email service.
Host The routable IP address or DNS-resolvable hostname.
Port The number to identify which TCP port is reserved for SMTP traffic.